One of the most respected jurist of India, Padma  Bhushan Fali S Nariman, breathed his last at his Delhi home on 21 February, at the age of 95.

Fali Nariman was a senior advocate at the Supreme Court since 1971 and President of the Bar Association of India from 1991 till 2010. Nariman, a towering personality in the legal fraternity and a champion of  human values and constitutional rights has remarkable achievements to his name and leaves behind a profound impact on the Indian judicial system. One of the examples of his integrity and courage was when he resigned from his post of Additional Solicitor General in 1975 as a mark of protest against the Emergency.